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Bhubaneswar, Dec 19 Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said a separate tribunal will be formed to resolve Mahanadi river water dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. ‘As demanded by the Odisha government, a tribunal will be formed to resolve the Mahanadi…

Mumbai, Dec 19 Indicating the levels of preparedness of the government, a RTI query has revealed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had a stock of only around Rs 4.95 lakh crore in the new Rs 2,000 denomination notes when demonetisation…

The Russian ambassador to Ankara was shot in an attack at an art gallery in the Turkish capital on Monday and the Russian RIA news agency said he had died of his wounds. The Anadolu news agency said the gunman had been…

New Delhi, Dec 19 The Congress and Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party are likely to strike an alliance for the coming assembly polls, a Congress leader said on Monday. ‘Serious talks are going on between Samajwadi Party and Congress for an alliance.…

Paris, Dec 19 A French court has found Christine Lagarde, now Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), guilty of negligence in the execution of her duties when she was Economy Minister in the French government in 2008. The Cour de…

Ahmedabad, Dec 19 The BJP is contemplating early Gujarat assembly polls to cash in on the recent demonetisation decision, as it believes people perceive the move as a big-ticket initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi against black money. The elections are due…

London: Skin plays a significant role in harbouring and transmitting a parasite that causes African sleeping sickness – a condition which is often fatal if left untreated, a new study has found. The study by researchers from the University of Glasgow in…

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Monday said it will shortly issue two series of Rs 50 banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with inset letter ‘L’ on the one series and ‘R’ on the other, but the old Rs 50…